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Regional News |Amman |
Staff Reporter | Thursday, June 7, 2007
GE Healthcare installs Jordan's first digitized
radiology workflow system
(Dubai Health & News) GE Healthcare, in association with the
Arab Medical and Scientific Alliance (AMSA), has installed Jordan's
first-ever fully integrated and digital radiology workflow system at the
Al Khalidi Medical Centre (KMC) to meet the increasing demand in radiology patient data and images.
Dr. Alif Al Saleh, Head of the Radiology department at KMC, said:
"By installing this sophisticated information technology solution
by GE Healthcare, KMC takes a quantum leap in the performance of our
Radiology and Cath Lab departments, which in turn, supports the
healthcare needs of the local population further."
"Over 40 hospitals in the Middle East region have chosen our
Centricity solutions because our tools deliver clinical depth,"
said Juergen Reyinger, General Manager, IITS Europe, Middle East &
Africa at GE Healthcare. "Technologically advanced hospital
environments such as Al Khalidi Medical Centre in Jordan, reveal the
challenges an advanced RIS/PACS needs to and can fulfill."
Implementing GE's Centricity RIS/PACS system will have a significant and
positive impact on KMC, where over 700 medical staff members provide
round-the-clock personalized care to patients and roughly 30,000
out-patients are treated annually. With over 15 clinical departments and
over 200 affiliated specialists, the new RIS/PACS system will
efficiently link all connected and images producing modalities such as
orthopedics and cardiology.
"To us, having Centricity means easy to use and advanced tools that
support our day to day decisions. The outcome is greater efficiency
including better diagnosis and faster, personalized treatment for the
patient," said Dr. Alif Al Saleh.
With GE's Centricity RIS/PACS, all clinicians at KMC will have immediate
access from any PC at any site. Labour intensive tasks, such as the
transporting of x-ray films, image and report filing will be eliminated.
The speech recognition tremendously eases the work of doctors and
administrators alike and significantly reduces reply times while setting
up reports and diagnoses.
Established in 1978 as a maternity hospital in Amman, Al Khalidi Medical
Centre (KMC) today is a 160-bed heart and comprehensive specialty
hospital provding a range of specialized services for patients in
Jordan.
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